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Sona Support build & stats

SupportMage B 97 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
52.6%
Pick rate
2.4%
Ban rate
0.2%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
75.0% 4 games

Best three items so far

Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
2,200 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
2,200 gold
7,900 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
61.0% 41 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
55.2% WR
29 games · 30% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
62.5% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Sona

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Sona wins 52.6% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (97 games).
  • Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 94% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Seraphine (100% over 9 games). Hardest: Yuumi (33% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
100.0% WR
4 games · 4% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
75.0% WR
4 games · 4% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
50.0% WR
44 games · 45% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
61.0% WR
41 games · 42% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
70.0% 10% (10)
66.7% 3% (3)
53.3% 62% (60)
51.0% 53% (51)
47.8% 24% (23)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
55.2% WR
29 games · 30% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
11.1% WR
9 games · 9% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cut Down Presence of Mind
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
60.0% WR
5 games · 5% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Presence of Mind Cut Down

Keystones

  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 51.6%94% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 66.7%6% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 55.1%80% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 33.3%9% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 62.5%8% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Aria of Perseverance W Song of Celerity E Hymn of Valor Q 100.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (75%).

  • PPower Chord

    Accelerando: Sona gains non-Ultimate ability haste permanently for her basic abilities as she uses her abilities well, up to a cap. Beyond that cap, further successful uses reduce her ultimate's remaining cooldown instea...

  • QHymn of Valor

    Sona plays the Hymn of Valor, sends out bolts of sound, dealing magic damage to two nearby enemies, prioritizing champions and monsters. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone bonus damage on t...

  • WAria of Perseverance

    Sona plays the Aria of Perseverance, sending out protective melodies, healing Sona and a nearby wounded ally. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone a temporary shield.

  • ESong of Celerity

    Sona plays the Song of Celerity, granting nearby allies bonus Move Speed. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allied champions tagged by the zone bonus Move Speed.

  • RCrescendo

    Sona plays her ultimate chord, stunning enemy champions and forcing them to dance and dealing magic damage to them.